David Flanagan
Software Engineer at Buf
Bellingham, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Flanagan is a Principal Software Engineer with two decades of cross-domain experience, from embedded Linux and device telemetry to cloud-native systems and pixel-perfect frontends. He combines deep technical craftsmanship—authoring JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Java in a Nutshell, and The Ruby Programming Language—with hands-on systems work at Tesla, VMware, Mozilla, Khan Academy and startups, consistently delivering large performance and cost improvements. A pragmatic technical leader and mentor, he champions thoughtful code review, clear documentation and test-driven discovery, and has a track record of rescuing troubled projects by simplifying interfaces and implementing the hard core logic himself. Recent work spans Go, protobufs, TypeScript and React, optimizing telemetry pipelines (80% CPU reduction at Tesla) and shipping features that saved millions in operational risk. Based in Bellingham, WA and MIT-trained, he blends rare breadth—from protocol-level telemetry to UI design—with a persistent focus on shipping reliable, maintainable systems.
15 years of coding experience
S.B., Computer Science and Engineering, S.B., Computer Science and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (132)
python10
typesetting10
declarative10
governance10
javascript10
latex10
html10
mathematics10
typescript10
khan-academy10
compatibility10
nodejs10
gaia10
meta10
css10
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
davidflanagan/asciidoc-javascript-validator
Nov 2018 - Nov 2019
Validate JavaScript code in AsciiDoc files by linting, executing and testing assertions
Contributions:12 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
linterassertionsvalidationtestingjavascript
davidflanagan/jstdg7
Nov 2015 - Dec 2020
Example code from the book JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 7th Edition
Contributions:20 pushes, 3 branches, 2 issues in 5 years 1 month
twinesequencelodashjavascriptglossary
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